As you drive from Colombo to Galle, about 100 kms out of Colombo, you come across this grim reminder
at
Hikkaduwa - a reminder of the tsunami that hit the coast of Sri Lanka.
On
that fateful day the train, going from Colombo to Galle, stopped at
Hikkaduwa as the driver saw vehicles strewn on the tracks. That's when
the first wave had hit. People climbed on to the train thinking it would be
safe but the second bigger wave proved to be fatal resulting in huge casualties.
The battered train stands as a grim memorial to the lives lost in this tragedy.
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